RM COCO - ColorWorks™ To-The-Trade Digital Printing

To-the-trade custom printing

Unleash your creative spirit!

With ColorWorks™ by RM COCO, now you are the fabric designer. Create your own exclusive prints and patterns on an exquisite selection of luxurious base fabrics. Choose from silk, sateen, viscose, linen, linen blends, and cotton. Design your own artwork, choose one of ours, or have us design something for you. All we need is your idea!

How It Works

Getting started with ColorWorks™ is easy.

Choose from one of the four options below.

Option 1

Choose a Pattern

We have curated an exquisite collection of prints for you to choose from. Simply choose a pattern, the colorway, and then select the base fabric on which you would like to have it printed.

Option 2

Recolor a Pattern

Love the pattern, but don’t see the right color scheme for your project? Patterns in our ColorWorks library can be recolored with the ColorWorkshop Re-Color tool. Simply find the pattern you want and click the customize button. Within the Re-Color tool you can select any colors you want.

Option 3

Upload a Print Ready Design

If you have designed or purchased an original pattern, you can use ColorWorks to create your own custom fabrics. Simply upload your repeating pattern, select a base fabric, and tell us how many yards you’d like.

Option 4

Print a Solid Color

Can’t find the perfect solid? Then print it! With ColorWorks, you can print any solid color on any of our base fabrics. It’s a great option to get the exact color match you need for a project.

15 Amazing Base Fabrics

ColorWorks™ offers designers 15 premium home decor fabrics to choose from!

Base Fabric Sample Deck

See and feel all of our base fabrics with our base fabric sample deck. This is a must have for anyone interested in ColorWorks™.

The ColorWorks™ Palette

Order the official ColorWorks™ Palette and see all 2600+ pantone colors on a base fabric of your choice. Another must have for any designer looking to dive into custom printing. It is suggested that you purchase a color palette for each base fabric that you plan to use to assure accurate color matching.

ColorWorks FAQ

Are memos available on all patterns and colors of the first fifteen patterns in the ColorWorks collection?

Yes, every pattern and colorway in the first collection have memos available on the chosen base fabric at no charge.

As a rule of thumb is there a flat “print-only” price added to the base fabric price that determines the final per yard cost?

No. Each base fabric has its own unique price. This is determined by several factors from working loss to print setup time required for each base fabric. The final cost per yard is determined by this, so there is not a print cost + base fabric = cost per yard formula.

Even the silk is available as a free memo?

Yes, even the silk.

What if I like the color shown, but want to see a sample on one of the other base fabrics?

You may purchase a one-yard sample of any of our patterns and colorways on any of the remaining fifteen base fabrics for the cost of one yard of the selected base fabric.

What if I need a colorway that is not shown in one of the RM COCO patterns?

Look at the “View Re-colorable Patterns” tab on our website. Patterns shown in this section are available for custom re-coloring. Each pattern in this section can be re-colored to some extent. Complex patterns may only be able to have the background color changed, while simple patterns may have all colors in the design altered. The re-color form for each pattern will indicate how much or little that pattern can be re-colored.

Is there a charge for the re-coloring?

Yes, each pattern will have a pre-determined design fee for this service. That charge is shown on the re-color form. The number of colors that can be re-colored determines the design fee. A simple one color background change is a low as $20.00. In the future, more complex patterns may have a slightly higher design fee, but the design fee will always be listed on the re-color form for that pattern. All of the re-colorable patterns in our first introduction have a flat design fee of $20.00.

What colors can I use for a re-coloring?

You may purchase an RM COCO color palette which features 2625 custom colors from which to select. Each color on the palette has its own unique HEX color formula that you simply enter on the re-color form to obtain that very shade on your re-colored pattern.

On which base fabric is the ColorWorks color palette printed?

You may select any of the sixteen base fabrics that we offer to print your palette. It is recommended that you select the base fabric that you think you would use the most, but the palette can be printed on any of our base fabrics.

Is there a charge for the color palette?

Yes, the cost of our color palettes is the wholesale price for one printed yard of the selected base fabric.

Is there a way to see a proof of my re-colored pattern before I place my yardage order?

Yes, we recommend that you purchase a one yard sample of your new colorway ahead of submitting your yardage order. The cost for this the price for one printed yard of the selected base fabric.

Do I have to purchase an approval sample?

We highly recommend the purchase of an approval sample. This allows you to see how your re-color will look on the base fabric ahead of your production order. If you wish to make an alteration the approval sample allows that change(s) to be made before your production order is printed.

What if I do not like the approval sample? Is it returnable?

Unfortunately, it is not. Each trial is custom printed, and cannot be returned.

What if I want to make adjustments to my approval sample?

You may make any changes needed to your approval sample ahead of your production order being printed. Simply submit your

change(s) to the approval sample and a second approval will be printed. You will be charged for an additional sample at the cost of the selected base fabric.

Can I send RM COCO a pattern to print?

Yes, we are able to print any pattern that you own the copyright, or have written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce. Customers sending RM COCO patterns to print must certify that they are the rightful holder of the copyright of the artwork being sent. RM COCO will not knowingly print a copyrighted design. If a customer certifies that they own a copyright that they do not have rights to, the customer may have a lawsuit filed against them for copyright infringement. All legal and financial penalties for this will be the sole responsibility of party that certified ownership of a copyright that they do not own.

If I need help putting my pattern into repeat, or coloring the design can RM COCO help with that?

Yes, we can help with both. There is an $80.00 per hour design fee for this service. We will evaluate each job and send a quote for approval before any design fee is charged.

How is this different from other print-to-order services?

RM COCO offers design help from an “real” person that can give personal assistance to our customers. Most other companies simply take your motif and place it into pre-determined layouts with little or no interaction with an actual design assistant.

Will RM COCO be able to offer a customer’s copyrighted design for sale on their website?

No. Only designs that RM COCO owns the copyright will be offered to our customers. Any design sent to us will only be printed for the rightful owner of the copyrighted design.

Will RM COCO own my copyrighted design?

No. The customer retains the copyright to their designs.

How long does it take to print one of the RM COCO ColorWorks patterns and colors?

We custom print RM COCO orders every Wednesday. If we have a customer’s order by noon on Tuesday we will print that order the following day. Orders received after noon on Tuesday will print the following Wednesday. Orders printed on Wednesday will ship that same day, or the following day directly to a customer’s ship to address.

If a customer needs to cancel an order after it is printed and shipped is that possible with a re-stocking fee?

Unfortunately, no. Each order, even our designed and color ColorWorks patterns, are custom printed to order and are not stocked. The only returns allowed after printing are for flawed or damaged goods.

Is there a minimum yardage order for RM COCO ColorWorks patterns, re-colored prints, or a customer’s custom designs?

How would a customer re-order a customer’s own pattern, or re-colored pattern?

Each pattern and colorway created for a customer will have a unique pattern number printed on the invoice for that item. RM COCO will use that number to link an order to a digital file for that pattern or colorway.

If water is spilled on a print will the colors run?

No, the inks used for RM COCO prints are extremely colorfast.

Are the ColorWorks base fabrics available unprinted?

Yes, all of our fabrics are available unprinted. Several of base fabrics are available in multiple colors in addition to the color(s) offered as print options. Items that are offered in only the white or off-white print options are also fine quality fabrics with yarns spun in Italy and woven in Spain but are limited in colors that are the most appropriate as base fabrics for printing.

Are RM COCO’s finishing services available (Soil

and Stain, GreenShield etc.) for these prints?

Yes.

Can you print a discontinued print from another vendor?

No, we cannot copy a design that is discontinued. Someone still owns the copyright to that design even when it has been discontinued. We can use the colors of that design in a similar pattern that RM COCO owns, but we can’t reproduce anything that we do not own the copyright.

If I send you artwork, do I retain the copyright?

Yes, if you send us print-ready art you will retain the copyright on that design and RM COCO will only print the design for you.

If I send you an idea, photo, or fabric idea, who retains the copyright?

If you are not sending print-ready art and RM COCO has to put design time into the design to make it ready to print RM COCO retains the design file.

What are Hex numbers on the ColorWorks Palette?

Every color has a formula that is needed to reproduce that specific color. A HEX number is a combination of six letters and numbers that represent the formula needed to create a specific color.

Has there been a change in base fabrics since the beginning of the ColorWorks program?

No, the same base fabrics are being used in all of our programs. We have temporarily stopped printing on our Villa velvet as we have had finishing issues with this fabric. We are working to resolve this problem so that we can once again print on velvet. In the coming months we be adding new base fabrics to our current offerings. When we update the base fabric deck we will change the color of the printed pattern so that it will be easy to see that a customer has the most updated base fabric deck.

I have noticed that there are “specs” in the background of the Alsace Damask. Is this a flaw? Can those be removed? What about the textures in Guinevere? If I don’t like those can they be removed?

The specs in the background of Alsace Damask are part of the design and add texture to both the background and the main pattern. These cannot be removed without changing the overall design. Removing those texture channels will leave white specs in the design. The specs and color changes in the main design are there to add dimension to the motif. This called a melange effect and keeps the colors from having to be the exact match to coordinating patterns in a room setting.

The texture in Guinevere is also a design effect. The textured channels are there to keep the pattern from looking flat. If a non-textured look is desired it may be possible for our Design Studio to run the same color through both background and both motif screens in this pattern to achieve this look, but may not be possible with every pattern in our ColorWorks collection.

The patterns in your first collection seem to have more ink on them that the second collection. Is less ink being used?

No. The patterns in our first collection were produced with our original color palette which featured many clear, clean colors, but fewer colors that were softer tones and greyed colors. This is the reason the original patterns seem to have overly colorful colorways.

We expanded the color palette after the first collection was produced. There is a greater variety of tones and hue saturation from which to choose now. Our second set of patterns offers some of the softer tones, and that may be the difference you are noticing, but the same amount of ink is being used in all of our prints.

If I have a question about a design, printing, changing colorations etc. is it best to work through those changes with my sale representative?

For general questions about our ColorWorks program, your sales representative is a great resource, but for specifics about a design, printing, changing colorations, etc. your best resource is to contact colorworks@rmcoco.com . When it comes to manipulating channels within a design, or design coloration questions it is best to ask our Design Studio for assistance.

What would cause a “hazy” look to a print design?

Digital printing is different from screen printing. There is an inherent softness to digital printing as the ink is being applied through a jet of air, whereas screen printing pushes ink through a type of stencil that has a hard edge. Base fabrics can also have an optical effect on how your eye sees a finished fabric. The more textured the ground fabric, the less sharp a design may appear. Finer lines and motifs will also be affected the more textured the base fabric, and conversely, these elements will appear sharper the finer the weave of the base fabric..

Is it possible to re-color any exclusive pattern in the ColorWorks brand?

Usually, the answer is no. Patterns in the ColorWorks brand are the only patterns to which we own the copy right and can produce or alter. RM COCO has the distribution rights for all other exclusive patterns in our line, but we do not own the copyright to these patterns, and cannot reproduce them.

Is it possible to re-color any pattern in the ColorWorks brand?

Yes. Designs that require assistance from our Design Studio will have a design fee associated with this process, but all patterns may be recolored. Design fee is determined by the complexity of the design and amount of color changes.

Is it possible to reproduce an out-of-stock or discontinued pattern from RM COCO or another print source?

We cannot copy any design where we do not own the copyright or have written permission from the copyright holder to print. We CAN create a NEW design with a similar feel and colorway. Out-of-stock and discontinued patterns are bound by copyright law, and cannot be reproduced without permission from the original copyright holder.

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